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What's one thing DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004410
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY
1501 AVENUE U, RIVIERA BEACH, FL 33404 · (561) 882-7600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
401 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
34.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 28.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY this school | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
| WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 512 | 75.0% | 40.3% |
| U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY WEST PALM BEACH | 496 | 74.8% | 53.1% |
| WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 494 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 595 | 75.3% | 36.9% |
| ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 459 | 76.9% | 44.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #2,039 of 2,136 | #124 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #2,023 of 2,149 ▲ 60 | #122 of 129 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,953 of 2,149 ▲ 139 | #111 of 129 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #1,304 of 2,267 | #96 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #937 of 2,077 | #76 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #1,920 of 2,108 | #125 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #256 of 2,188 | #17 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,031 of 1,374 | #52 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
529
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 529 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 76% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 83% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 34.5 | 15.7:1 | 87% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 94% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 93% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 44 | 12.5:1 | 96% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 90% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 92% (669) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY.
About DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY sits in RIVIERA BEACH, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 529 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Besides DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY, PALM BEACH runs 232 other schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
Black students are 87% of those enrolled at DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 5% White. In Palm Beach County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY's results are 11.4 points below predicted: 31.8% against 43.2%.
The school is in Palm Beach County, where the median household earns about $83,581 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY places 5th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.6:1, from 16.7:1.
The allk12 page for DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in RIVIERA BEACH
- SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,522 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 821 students
- INLET GROVE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 714 students
- WEST RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 524 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 241 students
Nearby schools
- SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,522
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 821
- RIVIERA BEACH PREPARATORY & ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY0.6 mi · 120
- TEEN PARENT PROGRAM - PK0.7 mi · 25
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 397
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL0.8 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY?
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
Is DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY have?
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY are roughly 5% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY?
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.